Analyst - Market/Liquidity Risk/Hedge Funds - Asset Management Firm

Market/Liquidity Risk Analyst - Hedge Funds

A leading Asset Management Firm is Hiring permanently for Bangalore location.

Your Role:

- Our team is looking for an exceptionally talented Market Risk Analyst. This role will support all aspects of the Risk Team's daily market risk activities. This includes monitoring the firm's portfolios, running systematic daily risk control processes and helping with risk reporting.

- The Analyst will also be responsible for investigating risk issues, working with PMs across the firm, and formulating consistent courses of action.

- The role will include research and development of risk methodologies and conducting quantitative investigations.

Responsibilities include:

- Bring a common sense and practical approach to all market risk-related issues, as well as an understanding of the firm's many investment strategies and products

- Monitor investment and market risk across portfolios and asset classes

- Support daily risk review processes, including limits monitoring and related escalation procedure

- Review and record all risk determinations, ensure the timely execution of determinations and document the review process

- Conduct quantitative research to develop and improve risk management methodologies

- Organize, manage, and streamline internal risk reports and support the risk reporting needs of the firm

- Support daily systematic risk control processes; manage exceptions and handle escalations

- Work closely with other teams across the organization to ensure that these functions and Risk Management are well coordinated on a daily basis

What You'll Bring:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a financial or quantitative field

- Strong interest in markets and risk management

- 1-3 years of experience in an investment management firm or an investment bank

- Familiarity with financial instruments and risk metrics (e.g., beta, volatility, option Greeks)

- Prior experience using a high-level programming language (e.g., Python) as a research tool

- Strong interpersonal communication skills

Who You Are:

- Committed to intellectual integrity, with a high degree of ethics

- Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate within a collaborative, team-oriented culture

- Hard-working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, innovative environment

- Well-organized, detail-oriented; able to multitask and keep track of various deadlines

- Look beyond the surface level to understand the underlying details